Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 364-366 , September 2007

Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema following accidental near-hanging

  • Maximo H. Trujillo, MD, FACP, FCCP

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Unit of The Instituto Medico La Floresta, Caracas, DC, Venezuela
    • Critical Care Unit of The University Hospital of Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, and Laboratory of Interventional Cardiology, Caracas DF, Venezuela.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Maximo H. Trujillo, MD, CCS 1515, PO Box 025323, Miami, FL 33102-5323.
    • ,
  • Carlos F. Fragachan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Unit of The Instituto Medico La Floresta, Caracas, DC, Venezuela
    • Critical Care Unit of The University Hospital of Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, and Laboratory of Interventional Cardiology, Caracas DF, Venezuela.
    • ,
  • Francisco Tortoledo, MD, FSCI

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Unit of The Instituto Medico La Floresta, Caracas, DC, Venezuela
    • Critical Care Unit of The University Hospital of Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, and Laboratory of Interventional Cardiology, Caracas DF, Venezuela.

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PII: S0147-9563(06)00286-X

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.10.005

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 364-366 , September 2007

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